Also note that we have org.apache.commons.*io*.EndianUtils which does not do the same thing but it a good class name.
Gary On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 10:51 AM, James Carman <ja...@carmanconsulting.com>wrote: > Agreed. This is very cryptic, IMHO. > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Matt Benson <gudnabr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Urgh; I find these method names rather painful. Why wouldn't we > > simply provide endianness and bit ordering as enums, and parameterize > > accordingly? > > > > Matt > > > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Jörg Schaible <joerg.schai...@gmx.de> > wrote: > >> > >>> Jörg Schaible wrote: > >>> > >>> > > >>> > sebb wrote: > >>> > >>> [snip] > >>> > >>> >> I find the naming convention rather difficult to follow. > >>> >> > >>> >> For example, the letter 's' sometimes means 'array' and sometimes > means > >>> >> 'string' Also M0 is not obvious as an abbreviation, nor is BeM0 > >>> > > >>> > I am all open for better names, all *I* want to have is the > >>> functionality. > >>> > >>> Has anyone a better idea for the names? > >>> > >> > >> I would probably loose the plural to indicate an array. > >> > >> I would expand M0 to Msb0 which itself is an acronym. Abbreviating an > >> acronym is to mysterious to me. > >> > >> So I'd end up with: > >> > >> boolBeMsb0ToHexDigit(boolean[] src) > >> > >> instead of: > >> > >> boolsBeM0ToHexDigit(boolean[] src) > >> > >> I would use real examples in the Javadoc: > >> > >> * <p> > >> * (true, false, false, false) is converted as follow: '8' ... > >> > >> instead of: > >> > >> * <p> > >> * (1, 0, 0, 0) is converted as follow: '8' ... > >> > >> and use [ ] instead of ( ) to show an array > >> > >> my 2c, > >> > >> Gary > >> > >> > >>> - Jörg > >>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > >> JUnit in Action, 2nd Ed: <http://goog_1249600977>http://bit.ly/ECvg0 > >> Spring Batch in Action: <http://s.apache.org/HOq>http://bit.ly/bqpbCK > >> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > >> Home: http://garygregory.com/ > >> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org JUnit in Action, 2nd Ed: <http://goog_1249600977>http://bit.ly/ECvg0 Spring Batch in Action: <http://s.apache.org/HOq>http://bit.ly/bqpbCK Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
